List of Canada’s mammal populations that are at risk
(threatened, endangered, extirpated or of special concern)
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Common Name
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Species Name
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Taxon
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Type of mammal
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Location in Canada where the mammal population is at risk
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American Badger
|
Taxidea taxus
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Mammals
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Weasels
|
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario
|
American Black Bear
|
Ursus americanus
|
Mammals
|
Bears
|
Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador
|
American Marten
|
Martes americana atrata
|
Mammals
|
Weasels
|
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Barren-ground Caribou
|
Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus
|
Mammals
|
Deer
|
Northwest Territories, Nunavut
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Black-footed Ferret
|
Mustela nigripes
|
Mammals
|
Weasels
|
Alberta, Saskatchewan
|
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
|
Cynomys ludovicianus
|
Mammals
|
Rodents
|
Saskatchewan
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Canada Lynx
|
Lynx canadensis
|
Mammals
|
Cats
|
Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador
|
Caribou
|
Rangifer tarandus dawsoni
|
Mammals
|
Deer
|
British Columbia
|
Cascade Mantled Ground Squirrel
|
Spermophilus saturatus
|
Mammals
|
Rodents
|
British Columbia
|
Collared Pika
|
Ochotona collaris
|
Mammals
|
Rabbits & Pikas
|
Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia
|
Eastern Mole
|
Scalopus aquaticus
|
Mammals
|
Shrews/Moles
|
Ontario
|
Eastern Wolf
|
Canis lycaon
|
Mammals
|
Wolves/foxes
|
Ontario, Quebec
|
Ermine
|
Mustela erminea
|
Mammals
|
Weasels
|
British Columbia
|
Fox Squirrel
|
Sciurus niger
|
Mammals
|
Rodents
|
Manitoba, Ontario
|
Fringed Bat
|
Myotis thysanodes
|
Mammals
|
Bats
|
British Columbia
|
Gaspé Shrew
|
Sorex gaspensis
|
Mammals
|
Shrews/Moles
|
Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
|
Grey Fox
|
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
|
Mammals
|
Wolves/foxes
|
Manitoba, Ontario
|
Grizzly Bear
|
Ursus arctos
|
Mammals
|
Bears
|
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba,Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia,Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador
|
Keen's Long-eared Bat
|
Myotis keenii
|
Mammals
|
Bats
|
British Columbia
|
Little Brown Bat
|
Myotis lucifugus
|
Mammals
|
Bats
|
Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador
|
Mountain Beaver
|
Aplodontia rufa
|
Mammals
|
Rodents
|
British Columbia
|
Northern Grey Wolf
|
Canis lupus occidentalis
|
Mammals
|
Wolves/foxes
|
Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador
|
Northern Bat
|
Myotis septentrionalis
|
Mammals
|
Bats
|
Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Nuttall's Cottontail
|
Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii
|
Mammals
|
Rabbits & Pikas
|
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan
|
Ord's Kangaroo Rat
|
Dipodomys ordii
|
Mammals
|
Rodents
|
Alberta, Saskatchewan
|
Pacific Water Shrew
|
Sorex bendirii
|
Mammals
|
Shrews/Moles
|
British Columbia
|
Pallid Bat
|
Antrozous pallidus
|
Mammals
|
Bats
|
British Columbia
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Peary Caribou
|
Rangifer tarandus pearyi
|
Mammals
|
Deer
|
Northwest Territories, Nunavut
|
Plains Bison
|
Bison bison bison
|
Mammals
|
Bovines
|
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
|
Plains Pocket Gopher
|
Geomys bursarius
|
Mammals
|
Rodents
|
Manitoba
|
Polar Bear
|
Ursus maritimus
|
Mammals
|
Bears
|
Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Arctic Ocean
|
Prairie Long-tailed Weasel
|
Mustela frenata longicauda
|
Mammals
|
Weasels
|
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
|
Southern Flying Squirrel
|
Glaucomys volans
|
Mammals
|
Rodents
|
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia
|
Southern Grey Wolf
|
Canis lupus nubilus
|
Mammals
|
Wolves/foxes
|
British Columbia
|
Spotted Bat
|
Euderma maculatum
|
Mammals
|
Bats
|
British Columbia
|
Swift Fox
|
Vulpes velox
|
Mammals
|
Wolves/foxes
|
Alberta, Saskatchewan
|
Townsend's Mole
|
Scapanus townsendii
|
Mammals
|
Shrews/Moles
|
British Columbia
|
Tri-colored Bat
|
Perimyotis subflavus
|
Mammals
|
Bats
|
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
|
Vancouver Island Marmot
|
Marmota vancouverensis
|
Mammals
|
Rodents
|
British Columbia
|
Western Harvest Mouse
|
Reithrodontomys megalotis
|
Mammals
|
Rodents
|
Alberta,British Columbia
|
Wolverine
|
Gulo gulo
|
Mammals
|
Weasels
|
Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador
|
Wood Bison
|
Bison bison athabascae
|
Mammals
|
Bovines
|
Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta
|
Woodland Caribou
|
Rangifer tarandus caribou
|
Mammals
|
Deer
|
Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador
|
Woodland Vole
|
Microtus pinetorum
|
Mammals
|
Rodents
|
Ontario, Quebec
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Total Number of Mammal Species
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44
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